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No. 7 Penn State field hockey (2-0) traveled to No. 10 Virginia and scored a 4-2 win in its first top-10 matchup of the season.

Penn State women’s soccer midfielder Marissa Sheva kept her strong start to the season rolling Friday with another two-goal performance, pacing the Nittany Lions in a 4-2 win over Arkansas in Fayetteville.

The Nittany Lions were unable to come back from an early first-half deficit and were blanked at home by a defensively compact Pride team in a 1-0 loss.

Simone Lee and Heidi Thelen led No. 6 Penn State to a stress-free sweep of Tennessee-Martin (25-13, 25-13, 25-8) to open the West Virginia Tournament.

Sophomore Laura Freigang is as good a candidate as anyone to be the breakout player this season for Penn State women’s soccer. Her innate ability to create looks in the open field merits far more attention from the rest of the Big Ten.

Penn State field hockey opens its 2017 campaign on Friday at No. 23 Old Dominion, followed quickly by another away game and top-10 matchup against No. 10 Virginia. While the team does return some key players from last year’s roster, defending the Big Ten crown will not be easy.

Penn State men’s soccer coach Bob Warming is entering his eighth year with some question marks – namely, which players will make up for lost production?